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News and Events

Passport to Fashion: A Spring Runway Fashion Show
April 6, 2008
A fundraiser to benefit to benefit BBS's Scholarship Fund. BBS MetroWest student will hit the runway in a dazzling mix of choreography and fashion. The spring fashions will be provided by children's wear store Brussel Sprouts.

Boston Ballet School Musicians to perform a Spring Concert
Spring 2008
Boston Ballet School Musicians is back and looking forward to another performance for families, friends and fellow students

Boston Ballet School Student Wins Prix de Lausanne
February 3, 2008
Dylan Tedaldi, a Boston Ballet School student, is one of seven winners of the 2008 Prix de Lausanne international ballet competition in Switzerland.

Kingston ballerina lands plum role of Clara
December 7, 2007
Don’t be surprised if a visit to this year’s ‘‘The Nutcracker’’ has you seeing familiar visions of dancing sugar plum fairies: More than 60 dancers hail from the South Shore...

Notions of 'The Nutcracker' danced in her head
November 21, 2007
It’s 8 a.m. on a Saturday and Lauren Baltrus, a 12-year old seventh-grader from Wellesley, is already awake and on her way into downtown Boston.

News from Norwell
November, 2007
The South Shore Studio of Boston Ballet School will be offering free trial classes in the Children’s Program from November 26th through December 9th, 2007.

Kids take a crack at ballet dancing
November 13, 2007
Kids in leotards tried out tutus and ballet slippers as they helped the Boston Children's Museum kick off the holiday season in style.

Boston Ballet cheers children with cancer
November 9, 2007
Dancers from the Boston Ballet put on a special performance of "The Nutcracker" yesterday for pediatric patients at the Floating Hospital for Children.

MetroWest Student Parent Gardeners
November, 2007
MetroWest gardens spruced up in memory of Cathryn Keith.

Boston Ballet School North Shore Studio Update
October, 2007
Construction of Boston Ballet's fourth studio location on the North Shore in conjunction with the YMCA makes excellent progress.

Boston Ballet School Students/BBII Study in Copenhagen
Boston Ballet II dancer Jeffrey Cirio and Boston Ballet School Trainee Sylvia Deaton recently returned from a three week exchange program with the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen. Read their online journal.

Boston Ballet School students star in Disney's The Game Plan starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
The Game Plan Premiere Press Release
Read a student's Game Plan Diary

BOYS EVENT: An inside look for aspiring male ballet dancers
2007-2008 Season
Boys event is a unique experience that is structured to focus on our male students' interests, struggles, and inspirations as growing dancers.

DANCING FOR FUN AND FUNDRAISING
April 28, 2007
On April 28, the Boston Ballet School Student Council hosted a Spring Semi-formal dance to raise funds for scholarships.

MARGARET TRACEY NAMED ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF BOSTON BALLET CENTER FOR DANCE EDUCATION
April 18, 2007
Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen announced today that former New York City Ballet principal dancer Margaret Tracey will become the new associate director of Boston Ballet Center for Dance Education (CDE).

Boston Ballet School Musicians performed their first concert
Spring 2007
Boston Ballet School Musicians is a group that was formed in February 2007, under the direction of Boston Ballet School Pianist, Alex Foaksman.

Outreach Programs: Kids get happy feet
March 11, 2007
Boston Ballet’s Clarendon Street school was filled with a mixture of piano chords, drumbeats and giggles yesterday as the school introduced a group of kids with Down syndrome to the joys of dance, music and creativity.

BOSTON BALLET STUDENTS TAKE GOLD AND SILVER AT INTERNATIONAL DANCE COMPETITION
February 21, 2007
(BOSTON, MA) – Jeffrey Cirio and Sylvia Deaton, trainee students at Boston Ballet School, were each awarded medals at the International Dance Festival Tanzolymp in Berlin.

BOSTON BALLET II AND BOSTON BALLET SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PERFORM IN MOSCOW
January 2, 2007
(BOSTON, MA) - Boston Ballet II, the pre-professional company of Boston Ballet, and students from Boston Ballet School’s Trainee program will dance excerpts from Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen’s production of The Nutcracker in Moscow as part of a special celebration organized by the government marking Russian Orthodox Christmas, which begins on January 7. In addition to performing, the young dancers will participate in master classes at the Bolshoi Ballet School, and observe rehearsals.

Boston Ballet opens new school on North Shore
January, 2007
Boston Ballet School, already the largest professional ballet school in the country, is poised to bring another community into its fold.

BBS Students Perform in 2006 Polar Express
December, 2006
Boston Ballet School students performed on stage at the 2006 Polar Express at Gillette Stadium

Boston Ballet announces new school on North Shore
August, 2005
Boston Ballet will open a new branch of Boston Ballet School at a state-of-the-art YMCA facility to be built in Salem, MA

Boston Ballet School Establishes New Ensemble Group
January, 2005
A new Ensemble group was established to offer additional training with outstanding faculty and provide more rehearsing and performing experience for students.